Martyn]]>Booksmpriestnallhttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-media/books/736117-what-s-the-latest-news-of-the-next-edition-of-a-zDr. Bond and FM (No Static At All)https://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/doctors-and-coroners/736018-dr-bond-and-fm-no-static-at-all
Tue, 02 Jun 2020 03:26:53 GMTRegarding the marks on the wall in No. 9 Miller’s Court, which some see as initials, secret writing, etc.

Dr. Thomas Bond describes the marks on the wall--twice. There is no mystery whatsoever: the thin lines are arterial blood spray.

From Bond’s report, 10 November 1888. HO 49301C/21

“In the Dorset Street case, he must have attacked from in front or from the left, as there would be no room for him between the wall and the part of the bed on which the woman was lying. Again, the blood had flowed down on the right side of the woman and spurted on the wall.”

Bond’s second report, 16 November 1888, sent to Robert Anderson, is even more blatant. MEPO 3/3153. ff. 10-18

“The wall by the right side of the bed & in a line with the neck was marked by blood which had struck it in a number of separate splashes.”

Pretty difficult to talk your way around that one.

Horrifically, Mary Kelly was alive and conscious when attacked. Had she been strangled to death, her heart would have stopped beating, and there would have been no blood pressure. As her throat was cut, she attempted to jerk her head away, and this led to the up and down pattern on the wall. Such patterns are not uncommon in knife attacks when the victim is struggling.

And it is, of course, inconceivable that Bond, writing privately to the Home office and to the Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, would have failed to mention a message written in blood—had there been one.

As for Kelly being throttled, there is no reason to suppose this. Knife wounds frequently leave bruising on the edges, and the arterial spray disproves any suggestion of strangulation.

Now that we have that settled, let me suggest a musical interlude. "F.M." by Steely Dan. "Feed her some hungry reggae..."

]]>Doctors and Coronersrjpalmerhttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/doctors-and-coroners/736018-dr-bond-and-fm-no-static-at-allMask Stupidityhttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/social-chat/pub-talk/735984-mask-stupidity
Sun, 31 May 2020 21:19:27 GMTFor some reason, I am seeing more and more people talking in small, close groups. They are wearing masks (as they should) but they have the mask down...
That seems the same mentality as having your bicycle helmet strapped to the handlebars of your bike which is something I also see.

A further observation is that when you see couples (a guy and girl) they are almost always both wearing a mask or neither one is wearing one. Go figure.

c.d.]]>Pub Talkc.d.https://forum.casebook.org/forum/social-chat/pub-talk/735984-mask-stupidityLetter to the Earl of Sheffieldhttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/letters-and-communications/general-letters-or-communications/735982-letter-to-the-earl-of-sheffield
Sun, 31 May 2020 20:04:08 GMTNever having seen the surviving letters, I am unclear as to whether or not this is included within their number. I was recently reading a cricket...General Letters or CommunicationsBridewellhttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/letters-and-communications/general-letters-or-communications/735982-letter-to-the-earl-of-sheffieldIf Women Catcalled Menhttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/social-chat/pub-talk/735980-if-women-catcalled-men
Sun, 31 May 2020 19:18:41 GMThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8uOErVShiE
c.d.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8uOErVShiE

c.d.]]>Pub Talkc.d.https://forum.casebook.org/forum/social-chat/pub-talk/735980-if-women-catcalled-menElizabeth Stride/Astrakhan Man: Something in Common?https://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/victims/elizabeth-stride/735973-elizabeth-stride-astrakhan-man-something-in-common
Sun, 31 May 2020 16:42:24 GMTI believe that Schwartz simply witnessed a street hassle and that her killer came along after the B.S. man left the scene. A number of posters...
So let's assume for the sake of argument that Astrakhan Man was real. (This is for the sake of argument remember so no need to argue against it). And let's say that someone tried to rob him but he was able to fight them off. What if a few minutes later he encountered another individual who had the idea of robbing him? Would we be shocked by that or would the consensus thinking be well that is not surprising seeing as how he was dressed and he was out by himself late at night in a bad area?

So if someone is not shocked by a second assault on Astrakhan Man how does that differ from the circumstances that Stride found herself in. Astrakhan Man's circumstances would not have changed after an initial assault. He would still be well dressed. He would still be by himself. It would still be late at night. He would still be in a bad area. Nothing at all changed.

The same for Stride. After an initial assault by the B.S. man she didn't suddenly find herself standing in front of a church on Sunday afternoon surrounded by people. Her circumstances remained the same.

So how do Stride and Astrakhan Man differ in these respects if at all?

And I know that trying to direct argument on these boards is like trying to herd cats but let's try not to argue that Schwartz lied or that Hutchinson made up the character of Astrakhan Man. We are simply making assumptions for the sake of argument.

c.d.]]>Elizabeth Stridec.d.https://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/victims/elizabeth-stride/735973-elizabeth-stride-astrakhan-man-something-in-commonWhitechapel no-go area ?https://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/motive-method-and-madness/735944-whitechapel-no-go-area
Sat, 30 May 2020 19:28:58 GMTit is assumed Whitechapel was a no-go area.Given that one description of JTR is a smartly dressed man in top hat and cape - so a reasonably wealthy...
But then ,would the more affluent individuals have dared entered such a high -risk area such as Whitechapel putting themselves at risk ?
Or was it quite common for the wealthier citizens to visit these areas?]]>Motive, Method and MadnessOctavBotnarhttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/motive-method-and-madness/735944-whitechapel-no-go-areaLast survivor of the casehttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/general-discussion/735942-last-survivor-of-the-case
Sat, 30 May 2020 19:22:51 GMTJust wondering who was the last survivor of the JTR case ? (no not the victims) I mean anyone associated with the case during the time and who is...Just wondering who was the last survivor of the JTR case ? (no not the victims) I mean anyone associated with the case during the time and who is mentioned by name in records/archives ?General DiscussionOctavBotnarhttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/general-discussion/735942-last-survivor-of-the-caseAstrakhan as an indicator of poor tastehttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/witnesses/hutchinson-george-aa/735878-astrakhan-as-an-indicator-of-poor-taste
Fri, 29 May 2020 11:00:35 GMT
It's a page about the Sherlock Holmes story Charles Augustus Milverton. There's part of a sentence in the story with the following words "in a shaggy astrachan overcoat".

The page elaborates with the following,

"His "astrachan overcoat" (usually spelled "astrakhan") is another sign of Milverton's overstated opulence—a coat made of lambskin with the curly wool still attached. The King of Bohemia wore a similar coat in "A Scandal in Bohemia." Conan Doyle uses astrakhan as an indicator of poor taste; a true gentleman would probably not wear such a thing."

Not sure if it means anything in regard to Hutch and the person he described, real or imagined.

Whilst only one study admittedly, it does open the can of worms of witness testimony. Unfortunately we cannot apply this science retrospectively to the eyewitness reports from JTR's time as it tends to show accuracy depends on how quickly the witness recalls certain detail with confidence. As we do not have audio recordings or were not present, we will never know just how certain details of eyewitnesses reports were recalled quickly and confidently and which took "ums" and "ehs" and "i think". In an ideal world we could potentially rate the reliability of each witnesses testimony based HOW they responded with details, rather than WHAT the details the were. More weight can be given to certain details over others for example. If they confidentally and quickly replied "he had a brown moustache and I think eh..his jacket was eh...black". We know the moustache detail is most likely true and given that a higher reliability rating.

Obviously eyewitness reports can be subject contamination just like forensice evidence. Leading questions by officers, media reporting, racial prejudice / bias etc etc so many other factors also play a part too in details being recalled.

On what we do know about the eye witnesses around the C5 murders, how many of them can we say are reliable truly?]]>Witnesseserobithahttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/witnesses/735825-scientific-study-into-eyewitness-reliability-2019Trpv78 - A Tribute.https://forum.casebook.org/forum/social-chat/pub-talk/735809-trpv78-a-tribute
Wed, 27 May 2020 19:59:37 GMT
Trpv78, we hardly knew ye.]]>Pub Talkhttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/social-chat/pub-talk/735809-trpv78-a-tributeLockdown pastime ideas from the Victorian Era....https://forum.casebook.org/forum/social-chat/pub-talk/735803-lockdown-pastime-ideas-from-the-victorian-era
Wed, 27 May 2020 18:01:55 GMThttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/92094/9-victorian-hobbies-seem-weird-todayhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/...em-weird-today]]>Pub Talkmpriestnallhttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/social-chat/pub-talk/735803-lockdown-pastime-ideas-from-the-victorian-eraHow Times Changehttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/suspects/lechmere-cross-charles/735746-how-times-change
Mon, 25 May 2020 18:22:22 GMThttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/suspects/lechmere-cross-charles/1279-charles-cross?p=55352#post55352
Link to Post Number 4....https://forum.casebook.org/forum/rip...5352#post55352

Link to Post Number 4. Interesting who posted it. ]]>Lechmere/Cross, CharlesSleuth1888https://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/suspects/lechmere-cross-charles/735746-how-times-changeLogin Problemshttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/read-this-first/casebook-announcements/735501-login-problems
Sat, 16 May 2020 09:27:25 GMTadministrator@casebook.org and include your username, from the email address you have registered with the site. We will do a manual password reset. ]]>Casebook AnnouncementsAdminhttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/read-this-first/casebook-announcements/735501-login-problemshttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/suspects/maybrick-james/735308-maybrick-syphillis
Tue, 12 May 2020 09:31:08 GMTI read recently an ex poster of this forum on his own personal website (pretty sure you can guess who) had made reference to my speculation that I...
I believe and speculate with no scientific proof, like 99.9% of ripperology, that James Maybrick suffered from a form of syphilis I believe to be 'Neurosyhphilis'. Only a modern forensice evalualtion of his skull would show such signs. I would have no issue with an exhumation to see obviously, but as I am the speculator and not a distant relative or local why would I?

This particaulr element of the illness was striking to me in the sense of the symptoms:
- Inflamation of the central nervous system (Maybrick had trouble with his 'nerves')
- Ischemia which restricts oxygen to blood supply in areas of the body such as hands and feet which make them feel cold and numb. It has the 6 p's which include pain, pallor, pulseless, paresthesia, paralysis, and poikilothermia
- The middle cereberal artery is mainly affected
- Eventually this leads to Parenchymal Syphilis such as temprature sensation and deep joint pain, usually many years after initial infection
- Manic episodes that lead to frenzy bouts of rage and anger

Syphillis is a broad and complex illness and not all symptoms show such as rotting of the skin. Some present with more insidiuos symptoms that are less outwardly obvious. Many doctors prescribed hard metals drugs for dealing with a whole range of diseases back then. Mercury was the preferred option for syphillis initially, then quinine and in some cases arsenic. This concotion also happened to be similar to the one given to James whilst in America for 'malaria' which apears on his medical record. A respectable doctor is unlikely to put syphillis down on a genleman's medical record now is he? Ironically for a period of time later malaria itself was often used to combat syphillis quite effectively one might add, but this was about 30-40 years later.

We know James frequented brothels whilst in America and we know how you get syphillis. Could his anger at whores come from this time and what he suffered as a result of their hands (or genitals I should say)?

The introduction of anti-biotics in the early 20th century brought the illness well under control.

As I say, this is nothing but pure speculation.]]>Maybrick, Jameserobithahttps://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-discussions/suspects/maybrick-james/735308-maybrick-syphillis